Coin-deposit receptacle



C. GIBBS DECD.

A. e. roam same ADMINISTRATRIX.

COIN DEPOSIT RECEPTACLE. 'A'PPucAno men Aue.1a,'1919.

Patented May 9,1922.

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CHARLES GIBBS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y..; ANNA G. TOBIN BEING ADMINISTRATRIX 0F SAID CHARLES GIBBS, DECEASED.

COIN-DEPOSIT RECEPTACLE.

- Specification ,of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES GIBBS, a citi- .zen of the United States, and a resident of the borough and county of Bronx in the city and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin- Deposit Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coin deposit receptacles commonly termed savings banks in which means are provided to releasably lock a closure in the receptacle opening for the removal of coins, and which means may constitute or carry the coin chute through which to deposit coins in the receptacle, and

it is the object of the invention to provide an improved closure of this character and means to releasably lock the closure in pos1t1on.

It is a further object of the invention to provide improved combination locking means to removably lock the closure with the coin chute in the .opening in the receptacle. f

It is another objector the invention to provide in deposit savings banks an 1 mproved coin chute to prevent the extraction of the coins from the receptacle through the coin chute. v

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

' In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification Figure'l is a side elevation of a coin deposit receptacle with my improved removable closure for an opening therein applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan view partly broken Figure ,8 is a disassembled view in perspective of the upper portion of Figure 1 showing my improved closure means and the means to removably lock the closure in the opening of the .receptacle.

Figure 4: is an inverted sect onal side elevation of the closure with the coin chute to show ,the manner of preventing the extraction of a coin from the receptacle through thecoin chute. I

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the coin chute; and

Figure6 is a fragmentary'plan view in section to show the manner of locking'the closure in the receptacle opening.

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

While the invention is shown in the drawing as applied to a receptacle having a neck to close an opening therein and said closure as being provided with a coin chute, it is to be understood that the invention is applicable to other forms of receptacles .and that the closure may be used without the coin chute or a coin slot.

I have shown an embodiment of the invention in the drawing in connection With a receptacle 7 which may be of any desired shape .or configuration and shown in the form of a receptacle having a neck with an opening .therein. A tubular member has a circular portion 8 fit upon the neck and a portion 9 of rectangular shape in cross section. This portion 9 carries upon the inner face ,of its sidewalls flanged disks 10 each provided with a recess 11 in the flange for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The disks are rotatably supported by an axial hub 12 to engage and project through openings in the member 9 and secured in position by screws 13 from the exterior of the tubular member. A pointer or hand 14 is loosely mounted on each of the disk hubs projecting to .the exterior of the tubular member to permit of rotative adjustment and clamped in adjusted position by the screws 13, said pointers being adapted to cooperate with dials having digits from 1 to 9, inclusive, circularly arranged on the outer surface of the walls of. the tube portion 9 in a manner and for the purpose hereinafter described.

The closure for the receptacle opening v the flanged portion 16 and is suitably, fixed thereto as by soldering. Pins 18 project laterally from each side wall of the-tube 1 5 and are adapted to pass through the flange recesses 11 ofthe disks 10 when said recesses are above and in alinement with the axis of the disks, and by imparting rotative moveconnected parts in the tubular member 9 to close the receptacle opening.

The operation of the locking means as de scribed is substantially as follows: The pointers are adjusted 011 the disk hubs 12 so that they will point to a selected digit on the dials with the relation of the disks thereto so arranged that the flange recesses will be directly above and in line with the axes of the disks and in position to permit of the passage of the closure pins 18. Itwill be obvious that the pointers may be adjusted so that they may point to any combination of digits on the dials desired in order to permit of the passage of the closure pins for the insertion and removal of such closure, and that this combination may be changed at will by loosening the screws 18 and adjusting the pointers on the disk hubs relative to the flange recesses of the disks.

To permit of the insertion of coins a chute is provided in the tubular portion 15 of the closure. This chute is bent up from sheet metal to form an elongated loop 20 to extend diagonally from opposite corners of the tubular portion 15 and located adjacent the top as clearly shown in Figure 3. Each side member of the loop has a leg portion 21 adjacent one end to extend downward with the free ends bent to flare outward (Figures 3 and 5) with a looped member or yoke 22 loosely engaging over said legs. A corner portion of the side wall of the closure tube 15 is cut away to provide a recess as shown at 23. The cap 17 also has a coin slot 2 1 which is arranged to be in line with the opening of the chute 20 when placed upon the closure tube 15. When a coin is inserted into the cap slot 24 it will engage in the portion 20 of the chute, and should the yoke 22 be adjacent the portion 20 of the chute the coin will force said yoke along the legs 21 to engage the flaring ends thereof, such ends preventing the yoke from slipping off from the legs, and the coin will then be directed laterally from the space between the legs to the closure tube recess 23.

and into the receptacle. Should it be attempted to extract a coin from the receptacle through the coin chute by inverting the receptacle the coin or coins owing to the restricting of the passage through the chute by the loop or yoke 22 will engage this yoke and cause it to slide along the legs to adjacent the elongated portion 20 shutting off a portion of such chute as shown in Figure '41-, the coin being represented by dotted lines 25. By this arrangement ofchute the device is adapted for the depositing of. various sized coinsfrom dimes or ten cent pieces to quarters or'twenty-flve cent pieces.

It will be obvious that it will be impossible to remove the flanged disks when the closure-engages in the opening of the receptacle due to the provision of the hubs integral with the disks and the mounting of the disks in the walls of the tubular portion 9, as the disks engage between the tubular portion 9 and the tubular closure preventing axial movement of the disks. As a means to indicate at which one of the dials the reading of the combination of numbers begins when adjusting the locking means to remove the closure a pin 27 projecting from one of the rectangular dial sides is provided which is adapted to engage a recess 28 in the flange of the member 16 of the closure 15..

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention and portions may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a receptacle having an opening, of disks having recessed I flanges mounted in said opening to rotate on axes transverse to said opening; and a tubular closure to engagesaid opening and having lateral projections to co-operate with the flanged. disks to releasably secure the closure in the opening.

2. Thecombination of a receptacle having an opening in a tubular portion; disks having recessed flanges mounted in said tubular portion to rotate on axes transverse to the axis of the tubular portion; and a tubular closure to engage in the opening of the tubular portion of the receptacle, said closure having lateral projections adapted to pass through the flange recesses of the disks and with which the flanges of the disks are adapted to co-operate for-the purpose specified. 1

3. The combination of a receptacle having an opening in a tubular portion of rec- A tangular shape in cross section; disks arranged with recessed flanges and having a hub to rotatably support the disks in the side walls of the said tubular portion; and a tubular closure to engage in the tubular opening, said closure having lateral projections adapted to pass through the recesses in the flanges of the disks in one position thereof and co-operate with the disk flanges in another position of the latter to retain a the closure in the opening.

4. The combination of a receptacle'having an opening in a tubular portion of rectangular shape in cross section; disks arranged with recessed flanges and havingaa hub to project through openings inthe side '1 walls ofsaid tubular portion to rotatably support the disks;pointers rotatably adjustable on the projecting portion of the disk hubs to co-operate with dials on the outer surface of the side walls of the tubular member; and a tubular closure to engage in said tubular opening, said closure having lateral projections adapted to pass through the rec'esses of the disk flanges in one position of the disks and to co-operate with the disk flanges in another position of the disks to retain the closure in the opening.

5. The combination with a receptacle having an opening, of a tubular member fixed in said opening; disks having recessed peripheral flanges mounted in said tubular member to rotate on axes transverse to the axis of said member; a closure for said tubular member having a slot and arranged with a tubular portion toengage in the tubular member; and projections carried by the tubular portion of the closure to cooperate with the disk flanges for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with a receptacle having an opening, of a tubular member secured to the receptacle in line with the opening; peripherally flanged disks mounted in said member to rotate on axes transverse to the axis of said member and having a recess in the flange thereof; a closure for the outer end of said member having a tubular portion to extend into said member and arranged with projections to cooperate with the disk flanges to retain the closure in position; and means to rotatably adjust said disks from the exterior of the tubular member.

7. The combination with a receptacle having an opening, of a tubular member secured to the receptacle in line with the opening; peripherally flanged disks mounted in said member to rotate onaxes transverse to the axis of said member and having tent of such adjustment to align the flanged recesses with the axis of the tubular member to permit of the passage of the projections of the tubular portion of the closure and the insertion and withdrawal of said closure, and to adjust the disks to position with the flanges to co-operate with the projections of the tubular portion of the closure when inserted in the tubular member 'to retain the closure in position.

8. The combination with a receptacle having an opening, of a tubular member of rectangular shape in cross section secured to the receptacle in line with the opening therein; peripherally flanged disks rotatably carried by said member in juxtaposed relation to the inner wall thereof, said flanges having recesses therein; a closure for said member having a tubular portion to engage in said tubular member and arranged with projections to co-operate with the disk flanges to retain the closure in position; dials on the outer walls of the tubular member arranged concentric with the axes of the disks; and means to rotatably adjust the disks from the exterior of the tubular member including pointers to co-operate with the dials to indicate'the extent of adjustment of the disks for the purpose specified.

CHARLES GIBBS. 

